THE BACKSTAGE SECRET
PRONLONGING SUNKISSED SKIN
It's that tricky time of the year when, with the season shift, comes a change of light that makes a tanned face look a little hard and out-of-step. The trick is to use a base - a powder or foundation - that warms your complexion and prolongs the sunkissed tone of summer. The easiest way to do this is with a fine powder that you whisk over your face with a brush; foundation gives more coverage, but must not mask completely. Both should have light-reflective qualities, as do these: Guerlain Light-Diffusing Foundation Rolls over skin like satin, making it even-textured and radiant. £38.50,
houseoffraser.co.uk
(from Tuesday). Clarins Limited Edition Odyssey Face Palette Gives skin a glow and softens lines. £35,
clarins.co.uk
(from Monday).

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HOW TO HAVE
COUTURE COLOUR
Josh Wood, aka the King of Colour, has opened a salon in Liberty - the first the store has had - which mirrors his flagship Notting Hill Atelier. Offering colour, cut and styling (from £30, bookings 020-3393 0977), Atelier Liberty has a Wella Illumina Colour Bar, in which daylight is controlled to give colourists the best light in which to work. After your appointment, pick up Rahua Finishing Treatment (£38,
liberty.co.uk
), a great shine-boosting finisher.

THE NOVELTY
TATA HARPER AROMATIC IRRITABILITY TREATMENT
This rollerball, designed to be used on the insides of the wrists, behind the ears and on the sides of the throat, is a calming blend of aromatic oils to encourage you to be more relaxed and easygoing. It smells of apples, bitter herbs and grass and seems to work wonders. One for the top drawer of your desk, perhaps? £48,
beingcontent.com
.

WHERE TO GO FOR
BESPOKE FRAGRANCE
Floris has opened a boutique in London at 147 Ebury Street, selling its fragrances and a bespoke perfumery service, so you can commission a signature scent. Although it has become a very British fragrance house, Floris's founder, Juan Famenius Floris, was Menorcan. Perhaps that accounts for the diverse bath and body collection, including the giant Cefiro Bath Bowl & Whisk (right), filled with a luxury soap and made from sustainable Indian rosewood. £90,
florislondon.com
.

THE SCENT
AGENT PROVOCATEUR PETALE NOIR
A rich floral with a hint of oriental mystery, Agent Provocateur's new scent opens with an intoxicating head note of mandarin, water lily, violet leaves and magnolia, moves into a heart of rose, lily of the valley, neroli, heliotrope and orris, and sits on a bed of ginger and tobacco leaf. Very sensual, it has a Luxury Body Elixir (£28) to go with it, which contains extract of devil's eyelash, said to be an aphrodisiac. Eau de parfum, £36 for 30ml,
harveynichols.com
.